Mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant growth and stress adaptation: from genes to ecosystems

J Shi, X Wang, E Wang - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Plant roots associate with diverse microbes (including bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, and
viruses) collectively called the root-associated microbiome. Among them, mycorrhizal fungi …

Forest microbiome and global change

P Baldrian, R López-Mondéjar, P Kohout - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Forests influence climate and mitigate global change through the storage of carbon in soils.
In turn, these complex ecosystems face important challenges, including increases in carbon …

Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool

HJ Hawkins, RIM Cargill, ME Van Nuland, SC Hagen… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
For more than 400 million years, mycorrhizal fungi and plants have formed partnerships that
are crucial to the emergence and functioning of global ecosystems. The importance of these …

Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

The contribution of fungi to the global economy

AGT Niego, C Lambert, P Mortimer, N Thongklang… - Fungal Diversity, 2023 - Springer
Fungi provide ecological and environmental services to humans, as well as health and
nutritional benefits, and are vital to numerous industries. Fermented food and beverage …

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

GT Freschet, C Roumet, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding …

Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits

S Miyauchi, E Kiss, A Kuo, E Drula, A Kohler… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mycorrhizal fungi are mutualists that play crucial roles in nutrient acquisition in terrestrial
ecosystems. Mycorrhizal symbioses arose repeatedly across multiple lineages of …

Soil microbiomes and climate change

JK Jansson, KS Hofmockel - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
The soil microbiome governs biogeochemical cycling of macronutrients, micronutrients and
other elements vital for the growth of plants and animal life. Understanding and predicting …

A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

[HTML][HTML] Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …